1. Domestic Conflict 1964-1975 Anti-War Movement Free Speech Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Desegregation
Hippies & Drugs

2. Anti-War Movement

10. 1968 Democratic Convention
August 1968
Chicago, Illinois
Anti-war protest turned into riot
Police and crowd got out of control

17. Kent State University Shooting
City of Kent in Ohio
Monday, May 4, 1970
National Guard sent there to stop the anti-war protest
Fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds
Killed 4 students
Wounded 9 others (one with permanent paralysis)
Not all shot were protesting. Some were just watching.
4 million students went on strike temporarily closing hundreds of colleges across the country.

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22. 11 Days later Jackson State College Jackson, Mississippi
Friday May 15, 1970
Anti-war protest
Police police opened fire
Killing 2 students
Wounding 12 students
"They are killing our babies
in Vietnam and in our
own backyard."

23. Vietnam Veteran interview
Micheal Kevin South interviewed by his son.
Q: How old were you when you were enlisted, where were you, & what happened?
A: “ I was just 22, and I got drafted. I tried to run from the draft, but officers caught me heading towards the Canadian border, and arrested me. I had the choice of enlistment or prison time, so I chose to enlist in the navy.”
Q: What was your position and rank on the ship?
A: “I was the lowest rank possible, I cleaned the barrels on those gigantic cannons.”
Q: What was your daily routine like?
A: “ Lot’s of sweeping. Lots of manual labor, moving crates and stuff. Standing on post a lot too. Guarding nothing for an enemy that doesn’t exist. We did that a lot. That’s pretty much it”

24. Interview continued Q: What was your view on the war?
A: “I thought that it was wrong for the U.S to go into that war. I believe that it was a mistake, and many young men died.”
Q: Did anyone you knew die?
A: “No. Many went crazy, but I didn’t know any who died.”
Q: When and how did you get out of the war?
A: “Well, we were about to redeploy from San Diego California, to the Philippines, and from there to the Vietnam coast were our ship would begin bombing the coast of Nam. I refused to bomb the coast and kill innocent children and people that had nothing to do with this political war. I refused, and was discharged, and got off the boat in San Diego. Vietnam was a horrible war. Truly.”
Q: What did you miss most?
A: “ I missed my mother, who actually died while I was in service, I missed my home, I missed the culture of the time. Everything. I missed everything.”